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Showing 30913100 of 3926 articles for Art. 20 mars 1991

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

…legal aid for the seizure procedure if he meets the means test set out in law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 on legal aid and decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 implementing this law; 13° An indicat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

…icient is rounded to four decimal places. III -The coefficients provided for in II are increased by 20% when works cumulatively obtain a minimum of 30 points for the "Creation" group and a minimum of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article D7231-1

…ted spoken language coder;18° Driving services for the personal vehicle of the persons mentioned in 20° of II of this article, from home to work, on holiday or for administrative purposes;19° Accompan…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-125

…tten test covering all aspects of high-level practice in the sports option concerned (marked out of 20; duration: three hours; coefficient 2); - an oral test covering the organisation and national and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-18

…savings and that these instruments also comply with the conditions referred to in Article R. 214-32-20.Negotiable debt securities issued by an issuer mentioned in 1° of I of Article R. 214-32-20 are t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…the revocation by the payer of a direct debit mandate within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012, except in the case provided for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…r, on the date referred to in III of Article L. 211-17. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain asp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2

…onale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of qu…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2

…more than nine years and whose classification expired on the date of entry into force of decree no. 2015-298 of 16 March 2015 amending the conditions for the classification of tourist residences; -unc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-38

…in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 and 15 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles inte…

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